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Surrender.

If you see the world as a war zone, surrendering will typically create a sense of loss and failure in you. All bets are off when we’re living to avoid defeat and shame will always invite his little sister, misery. Why would you surrender in something you could still jujitsu yourself out of?

However, if you see the world as a symphony, surrendering will create a sense of openness and possibility in you. You’re now surrendering to the flow of what’s good and true and everything here becomes much lighter and much brighter.

Surrender. Step into it don’t fight it.

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Choosing Not To Look

Every day the sun comes up and literally provides a light for you to see your opportunities.

Opportunities to connect, opportunities to lead, opportunities to make your music, and opportunities to engage with the world through your humanity.

Most will choose not to look, not to engage, and not to experience the beautiful mystery revealed to the lookers every day.

Most are bored.

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Wisdom and her hint dropping…

Song writers have at times called the art of song writing a process of ‘following the breadcrumbs’.

We should probably take the same approach with the wisdom we long to experience and author our lives with.

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LTMP Podcast Episode 14: The Bridge, Bowser, & Joy. Now Available in iTunes!

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Episode 14, The Bridge, Bowser, & Joy is now streaming via iTunes. Find it by clicking here and don’t forget to subscribe!


Below you will find the books we discuss in this episode. Steven Pressfield, the author of the War of Art, was oh so generous and sent a case of books for the subscribers and listeners at LTMPblog and LTMP Podcast. If you would like a book, please direct message me on Twitter @AshtonGustafson. I’ll send as many as I can until we run out!

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More love, friends. More love.

Ashton

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November, December. Gratitude to Joy.

Over the weekend I started a 61 day journey through November and December with real-time reflections on the beauty that is held in these two months.

I would love to have you join me on Instagram by clicking here.

PS – Let The Music Play Blog turned four years old today. If you’re still here, this party is just getting started.

Happy birthday, LTMP. You are not mine, but I am yours.

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